Scott Pilgrim Subculture

Subcultural Experiences

Commenter Hermetic Seal writes: As someone who started college in the mid-2000s, a big part of my experience was how all of my communal activities, and the entertainment I was into, moved from shared cultural experiences, to subcultural ones. I think a lot of that emerged naturally, or subconsciously, in…
July 20, 20233 Comments
Tower Records

Gen Y Tales: Welcome to Adulthood

A reader writes in to share a Gen Y tale of his own: It was 2005 and I had just turned 18. I was at a Tower Records with a bunch of high school friends. It was a neat, two story place and that particular night it was lively and…
July 19, 202316 Comments
friendship2

The Friendless Generation

The sexual revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for men. And not just in the way your brain instantly sprang to. Sometime in the last 30 years, men pretty much stopped having friends. The real male retreat from society is husbands vanishing into man caves when not serving…
February 16, 20239 Comments
Vellee

1940s Babies

Loyal readers of this blog know that I've been combating the prevalent Madison Avenue-concocted generational model for years, along with fellow authors David Stewart and JD Cowan. Much of our understanding of what, say a Zommer or a Millennial is comes from ad agencies who draw arbitrary lines between cohorts…
February 1, 20239 Comments
Batman Moonwalker

Speculation on VHS

Loyal readers will recall the summer of 2021, when we delved into the seedy world of video game speculation. For newcomers, what was alleged to have happened was unscrupulous grading services were colluding with auction houses to drive up prices on vintage video games. So you had carts with millions…
January 4, 202314 Comments
Broken Generation

The Broken Generation

It's often said that a definitive experience of Generation Y is getting mugged by reality. They came of age as the post-WWII economic boom and post-Cold War optimism faded. In an era when every day was Christmas, Baby Boomers' promise that getting a liberal arts degree would guarantee a place…
December 28, 20229 Comments
Christmas Toy

A Gen Y Christmas

A reader writes, Brian, My wife and I re-watched a handful of Christmas movies while wrapping presents for my side of the family last night. One section of our DVD library is just Christmas movies, most of which are now decades old, which I realize now is almost a physical…
December 20, 20222 Comments
Gen Y Swag

Swag Rich, Spirit Poor

On the occasion of a visit to the US, Mother Teresa was heard to marvel at the poverty of New York compared to Calcutta. She wasn't talking about material poverty. The US has some of the richest poor in the world, as the Mammon Mob loves to point out. Instead,…
November 14, 202215 Comments
Two Paths

Two Different Worlds

Last week's post on Xennial Odyssey's review of the Gen Y anthology evoked fresh accusations that Ys are just Millennials in denial. This comment from a while back by Generation Y co-author JD Cowan sums up the key differences between Xers, Ys, and Millennials and suggests reasons for those differences.…
October 25, 202213 Comments
Hayter Hate

Hayter Hate

Let the above image serve to remind you that the people behind the product you consume hate you. The Death Cultists responsible for your beloved childhood IPs hold you in contempt and seek to use your attachment to convert you. Put away childish things. Put on the armor of God.…
October 20, 202212 Comments